[Python-ideas] Null coalescing operators

[Ryan Gonzalez]

What about re-using try? Crystal does this (
http://play.crystal-lang.org/#/r/gf5):

v = "ABC"
puts nil == v.try &.downcase # prints true
v = nil
puts nil == v.try &.downcase # prints false

Python could use something like:

v = 'ABC'
print(v try.downcase is None) # prints False
v = None
print(v try.downcase is None) # prints True

(Of course, the syntax would be a little less...weird!)


On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> Just to cut this thread short, I'm going to reject PEP 505, because ? is
> just too ugly to add to Python IMO. Sorry.
>
> I commend Mark for his clean write-up, without being distracted, giving
> some good use cases. I also like that he focused on a minimal addition to
> the language and didn't get distracted by hyper-generalizations.
>
> I also like that he left out f?(...) -- the use case is much weaker;
> usually it's the object whose method you're calling that might be None, as
> in title?.upper().
>
> Some nits for the PEP:
>
> - I don't think it ever gives the priority for the ?? operator. What would
> "a ?? b or c" mean?
> - You don't explain why it's x ?? y but x ?= y. I would have expected
> either x ? y or x ??= y.
> - You don't explain or show how far ?. reaches; I assume x?y.z is
> equivalent to None if x is None else x.y.z, so you don't have to write
> x?.y?.z just to handle x.y.z if x is None.
> - The specification section is empty.
>
> --
> --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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